Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	54.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '20 at 21:05
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 142 2-Core 276 96% 171 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 771 77% 626 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 123 Parallax 119 98% 121 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 126 Splatting 109 92% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 98 99 96 91 98 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 97.3 Write 144 Mixed 164 SusWrite 100 29% 126 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 20.8 125% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 146 122% 176 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 66%
Corsair Force 3 60GB 4,789 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 37GB free Firmware: 5.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 61 61 59 61 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 177 Write 66.5 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 60.6 22% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 33.9 118% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 81 DQ Write 65.4 DQ Mixed 69.1 53% 71.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 52%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 35GB free Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,476 Write 1241 Mixed 816 330% 1511 MB/s	4K Read 50.6 4K Write 191 4K Mixed 71 269% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,302 DQ Write 838 DQ Mixed 945 738% 1,028 MB/s
Poor: 159% Great: 353%
SanDisk Cruzer Dial 64GB 841 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 5GB free, PID 5599 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4 2.6 1.3 6.9 1.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	6.37% Terrible	Read 27.5 Write 4.5 Mixed 11 SusWrite 2.9 12% 11.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.1 27% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.37% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 13,232 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 27.5 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 31.1 79% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 108%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 - $129

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	921x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	324x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	185x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	269x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	219x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	202x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	51x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	93x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	56x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 25,457 samples	35x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $639

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16